NEWSCENTRE @ FACING PAGES 2014

MAKE MAGAZINES NOT WAR 

We will be present with a pop-up store at FACING PAGES 2014, the biggest independent magazine biennale in Europe.
March 28 & 29 - please drop by for the symposium and exhibition we partly curate.

www.facingpages.org

In the sixties the slogan ‘Make love not War’ was used by hippies who tried to find new attitudes towards society. With doing so, they made a straigt message to autority; something needs to change. We think independent magazines are a contemtporary tool to do just that: find new attitudes for change. Two important attitudes surfaced the past few years within the magazine-scene: Activism and Escapism. Equally strong, they both take a refreshing approach towards the world we live in, compressed in print, spread out and shared with a broad variety of readers.

Activism vs Escapism

The first day of the symposium will focus on activism; speakers will talk about the power of punk, the clash with society, and finding a new vocabulairy to talk about sensitive subjects. The second day of the symposium revolves around escapism as an ode to fiction, a safe get away and a tool for personal growth. With both themes as a starting point, our speakers will show you  how independent magazines keep on developing new insights into our contemporary culture and how they express these themes in design, storytelling, publishing and fiction. At Facing Pages editors, designers, journalists, writers and other magazine lovers meet and inspire eachother.

Line up Friday 28 & Saturday 29 March:

Simon Esterson

art director & publisher at Eye Magazine

Miriam van Ommeren

moderator of Facing Pages, editor in chief at De optimist

Francesco Franchi

artdirector Il Sole 24 ORE

Peter Bil'ak

founder of Works That Work magazine

Patrick Waterhouse

creative director at COLORS Magazine

Cathy Olmedillas

founder & editor of Anorak

Ben Newman

Nobrow

Jeroen Boot

Soigneur

Besa Luci

editor-in-chief at Kosovo 2.0

Ibrahim Nehme

editor in chief at The Outpost

Matthew Holroyd

creative director of Baron Magazine

Jonathan Baron

editor of Baron Magazine

Koen Denolf

content strategist & publisher of Bruce Magazine

Frank Jurgen Wijlens

lecturer at AMFI

Walter Bettens

editor in chief Damn

Rachel Maria Taylor

editor & creative director of Another Escape

Paul Gangloff

Punk: Periodical Collection

Toine Donk

founder of Das Magazin

Martijn Brugman

MAEB

Dennis Gaens

Kutgitaar